Faith of Christian on death row in Pakistan shines in studies
A Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy despite lack of evidence in Pakistan has demonstrated his faith by excelling academically even in prison, sources said.
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Pastor and family devastated by death of son in India
Pastor Sushil Kumar and his wife rose at 3 a.m. on July 8 in their village in northern India as always to pray. They came out of their house 90 minutes later to find their 22-year-old son’s body hanging from the bamboo ceiling of a nearby animal shed.
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Azerbaijan destroys Christian sites, heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan is guilty of “cultural genocide” for destroying Christian sites in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and falsely claiming that Armenian religious presence there never existed, according to a report by a legal advocacy group.
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Officials in China intensify ‘Sinicization’ of religion
By Edward Ross AsiaReligious leaders in China were instructed to put President Xi Jinping and his doctrines at the center of their teaching and preaching at a recent high-level seminar of top faith representatives and bureaucrats.
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Christian father, 29, gunned down by Muslims in Pakistan
A Catholic father of four children was gunned down by Muslim neighbors last week after he objected to their harassment of Christians in the area, his family said.
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Hindu extremist attack shuts down church’s services in India
Worship services at a church in a village in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state have been suspended since Hindu extremists attacked the congregation on June 1, sources said.
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Pakistan among worst violators of religious freedom, US body says
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) again has recommended that the State Department designate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC), citing the country’s blasphemy laws as a prime source religious freedom violations.
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Christian girl, 14, taken for sham conversion/marriage in Pakistan
Another Christian girl in Pakistan, this one 14 years old, has fallen victim to forced conversion/marriage by a Muslim kidnapper, sources said.
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Militants escalate attacks on Christians in DR Congo, killing 639 in the first half of 2024 - report
By Ken KagichaIslamic militants affiliated to ISIS killed 639 Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo between January and June, 2024. This is according to a report released by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a US-based monitoring and analysis organization. The report revealed that out of the five African countries - DRC, Mozambique, Nigeria, Cameroon and Mali, 92% of the Christians fatalities happened in the DRC.
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Terrorists shut down 70 churches in Nigeria; priest released
Terrorist attacks have forced a denomination to close 70 churches in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, and in the country’s northwest, a kidnapped a priest was released on Sunday (July 7), sources said.
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Protestant sentenced to prison in occupied Ukraine; arrested priest disappears
By Jack BethelA Ukrainian Protestant in her early 50s has received a seven-year jail term for remarks at a home prayer meeting in a Russian-occupied city, while a Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest has disappeared following his arrest, according to Forum 18.
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Muslim family members kill recent convert to Christianity
A Muslim teacher at an Islamic school in eastern Uganda who became a Christian on Oct. 4 was killed on Oct. 21, area sources said.
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